Stress-Free Diabetes Your Guide to Health and Happiness

Reduce stress and its harmful complications to your diseaseDiabetes is a stressful disease and only adds stress to our busy lives. Prolonged stress can cause serious and extensive harm to our hearts, kidneys, eyes, nerves, and mental well-being. Learning to manage stress well will help you manage not only your blood glucose levels, but also your life.Stress-Free Diabetesoffers a creative, imaginative, and practical approach to stress management.Stress-Free Diabetescovers: Stress and the body and the mind Being emotionally smart Essential people skills Setting realistic goals Staying grounded and mindful Anticipating problems and solving them The importance of humor

Joseph P. Napora, PhD, LCSW-C, is aclinical psychologist at the Johns Hopkins Diabetes Center,Baltimore, where he counsels patients and conducts trainingclasses to help people cope with diabetes. He also has a privatepractice specializing in the treatment of diabetes, chronicpain and other chronic illnesses; coping with surgery; and inrecovery from emotional trauma.